Mack saw



April 8 1924.

J. o. REYNOLDS HACK SAW Filed Nov. 10, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 April 8 1924. 1,490,025

J. 0. REYNOLDS HACK SAW Filedh'ov. 10, 1922 2.5118815-51'1691. 2

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Application sled il'ovember 10, 182%. serial narrates.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it he that 1, James O. Rnrnonns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Granite Gity, in the county of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in a Hack Saw;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to hack saws for cutting metal and has for its object to rovide a metal cutting saw in which the b ade may be adjusted to a variety of angles with reference to the frame and in which the handle may be adjusted angularly and nearer to or farther from the line of the blade as may best suit the nature of the work in hand.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves as the nature of the invention is understood.

ile the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet difierent conditions and requirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without de arting from the nature of the invention.

eferrmg to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the application,

Figure 1 is a side view of a hack saw embodying the invention, the intermediate ortion of the frame and saw blade being bro en away,

lih re 2 is a view of the parts illustrated in Figure 1 as seen from the lower or cutting i: c.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section on the line 33 of Figure l,

Figure 4 is a vertical section on the line ie-d of Figure 1,

Figures 5 and 6 are sectional views on the lines 5-5 and 6-6 of Figure 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows,

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the outer. end portion of the saw frame,

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the outer saw stem, and

Figure 9 is a detail sectional view on the line 9-4) of Figure 6.

Corresponding and like arts are referred to in the following descrlption and designated in the several views or the drawings by e reference characters stem 3 and an inner stem 4 to which the saw blade 5 is attach by cotter pins 6, the inner ends of the stems being enlarged and formed with kerfs to receive the ends of the saw blade. The enlargements at the inner end of the stems 3 and 4 preferably consist of sleeves snugly fitted thereon and riveted thereto and acting as stops to limit the outward movement of the stems. The stem 3 has a head 8 at its outer end in the sides of which are formed grooves 9 which receive lugs 10 of the saw frame whereby to hold the stem 3 in the reduired adju position. The lugs 10 pro ect outwardly rom the sleeve or guide at the outer end of the frame 1 in which the stem 3 is rotatably and slidably mounted.

The inner stem d is rotatably and slid ably mounted in a sleeve or guide at the in nor end of the saw frame and a collar 11 which is splined thereto, said collar having a lug 12 adapted to coact with notches 13, whereby to hold the stem in the required ad'usted position. A thumb nut is threade upon the stem a serves as means for tensioning the saw blade 5 and securing the stems 3 and d in the requiradjusted position. When it is required to adjust the saw blade 5 angularly, the thumb nut 14 is backed a distance to it of the lug 12 clearin the notches 13 and the lugs 10 clearin 1; rooves 9, whereby both stems 3 an 4 may '1 turned to bring the saw blade 5 in the required adjusted position, said blade being made secure by tightening the thumb nut M whereby the lug 12 engages the selected notch 13 and the lugs 10 engage the selected grooves 9.

Transversely spaced plates 15 project outwardly from the rear end of the saw frame 1 and terminate in lateral flanges 16. Slots 1? are formed in the plates 15 in coincident position and receive a slide 18 through which a threaded stem 19 passes and receives anut 20. A finger iece 21 projects laterally from the outer en of the stem 19 and operates to secure or release the handle 2. The shank of the handle 2 is recessed and plates 22 secured to opposite sides of the shank portion of the handle have inner flanges 23 at their forward ends which engage the end lid of the handle An ex ansible'helical spring 24 is mounted upon t e stem 19 and at one end abuts the handle 2 and serves normally to yieldably hold the handle 2 against the rear end of the saw frame 1. A dlSk or circular plate 25 attached to the end of the handle 2, receives the stem 19 and 1s provided with lugs 26 which engage the outer edges of the flan es 16 and come between the plates 15, where y to secure the handle 1n the re uired adjusted osition. A lon tudinal s 0t 27 is formed in one of the p ates 22 and a transverse slot 28 is in communication with the outer end of the slot 27. The finger piece 21 is operable in the slots 27 and 28 and when dis osed in the latter secures the handle 2 in t e required adjustedposition. When the finger piece 21 is moved to register with the longitudinal slot 27, the handle 2 may be drawn outwardly to cause the lugs 26 to clear the plates 15 and flanges 16, when the handle may be turned to any required angular position. It is also observed that the handle ma be moved transversely by reason of the s ots 17 to br ng it near to or farther away from the line of the saw blade 5. The handle is made secure in the required adjusted position by entering the finger piece 21 in the lateral slot 28.

What is claimed is:

1. In a hack saw, a saw frame, transversely spaced plates projecting rearwardly from the saw frame and terminating in lateral flanges, said plates having coinciding slots, an ad'ustable handle, In at the end of the han le to be disposed ii etween said flanged plates to secure the handle in the required adjusted position, a stem forming connectin means between the saw frame and hand e, a slide mounted upon the stem and operable in the slots of the flanged plates, and means coacting with the stem for securing the handle in the required adjusted position by preventing casual displacement of said lugs from between said plates.

2. In a device of the class described, a pair of transversely spaced plates, an angularly adjustable scroll handle, a stem forming connecting means between said plates and handle, said handle provided with an opening,-a coil spring surrounding said stem within the opening and bearing at one end against a portion of the handle and bearing at its other end against a shoulder on said stem, lugs at the inner en of said handle and spaced about said stem, said lugs selectively disposable between said lates and being yieldingly held in desire position by said spring and serving to prevent casual turning movement of the handle on the stem and relative to the plates, said handle shiftable to bring a second of said lugs into position between said plates by a longitudinal movement of the'handle in op- Leeched position to the spri followed by a turning movement of the andle, and means associated with said stem and handle disposable to revent longitudinal movement of the han le relative to the plates and the stem.

3. In a device of the class described, a pair of transversely spaced plates, said plates having coinciding slots, an adjustable scroll handle, a stem forming connecting means between said plates and said handle and having a portion disposed in the space between the former, said handle provided with an opening and having a longitudinally and transversely extending slot communicating with said opening, a slide adjustably mounted upon the stem and operable in the slot in the transversely spaced plates and providing for adjustment ofthe handle in the plane of the saw and toward and away from the saw, a fin er piece mounted on said stem within sai opening and projecting through the slot communicating with the opening, a coil spring surrounding said stem within the opening and bearing at its forward end 7 against said handle and bearing at its rearward end against a portion of said finger piece and normally urging said handle toward said plates, lugs at the inner end of said handle and spaced about said stem, said lugs selectively dis osable between said plates to prevent re ative turning movement of the plates and handle, said spring yieldingly holding said plates and handle together and maintaini the selected lugs in place between said Bites, said handle shiftable to bring a second of said lugs into between said lates by longitudina movement of the andle relative to the lates and in opposition to the spring fol owed by a turning movement of the handle about the stem as a pivot, and said finger piece adapted to be so positioned in the longitudinally and transversely extendin slot that longitudinal movement of the han le relative to the plates will be prevented.

4. In a device of the class described, a pair of spaced plates having oppositely disposed flanges formed at their inner ends, a stem having a portion disposed between said plates and projecting beyond the flanged end thereof, said stem connected to said plates, a handle having an opening into which said stem projects, a coil s ring surrounding said stem within sai opening and bearing at its forward end against a portion of the handle and hearing at its rearward end against an abutment on the stem and normally urging the handle toward the plates, a disk secured to the inner end of said handle, lugs spaced about the forward face of said disk, said lugs arranged in pairs and one pair of In adapted to be positioned between sai spaced osition plates with the other pair of lugs engaging the outer edges of the flanges of the plates to prevent turning movement of the handle relative to the plates, said handle adapted to be moved away from said plates in opposition to said coil spring to permit of turning movement of the handle about the stem to change the position of the handle relative to the stem.

5. In a saw, a scroll handle adjustable angularly with respect to the saw, means securing the handle to the saw against casual turning movement with respect thereto, a spring normally urging said handle toward said saw and maintaining the securing means in active position, said handle adapted to be moved away from said saw in opposition to said spring to render said means ineffective, said handle adapted in its last named position for turning movement relative to the saw to effect the desired adjustment of the handle, said handle after being adjusted adapted to be returned by said spring toward the saw, and other means adapted to be brought into active position by the turning movement of said handle, and adapted to prevent casual turning movement of the handle from its adjusted position, said last named means being assisted by said spring.

'6. In a saw, a scroll handle adjustable angularly with respect to the saw, means securing the handle to the saw against casual turning movement with respect thereto, a spring normally maintaining said means in active position, said means adapted to be moved away from said saw, in opposition to the spring to render the means inefiective, said handle adapted when said means is in its last named position for turning movement relative to the saw to eflTect the desired adjustment of the handle, said means after the handle is adjusted adapted to be returned by said spring toward the saw, and other means adapted to be brought into active position by the turning movement of the handle, and adapted to prevent casual turning movement of the handle from its adjusted position, said last named means being assisted by said spring.

In a testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES O. REYNOLDS. Witnesses:

PAUL S. ANDREWS, LUCIAN ANDREWS. 

